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Manchester SBS Group is up and kicking

The Manchester SBS Group is up and kicking and due for a new launch on the 27th March.
 Click here for more details on how to attend.
 Question: Is it/ will it be a SBS user Group or is it like the rest in the UK and a Small Business Specialist/IT Pro Group?
 Good luck guys!

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The Kent SBS Group steps up a gear!

I was having a chat with Gareth today who helps run the Kent Group and over the last few months, they’ve really taken some serious steps towards achieving a respected and professional organisation that will help support small businesses in the local region.
The Kent gang didn’t do this overnight, it’s taken a lot of time, […]

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Irish Events: Deploying Vista and Office 2007

“For organisations considering the deployment of either Windows Vista or the 2007 Office system - or both, this interactive training session has been specially designed for Technical decision makers, IT implementers and Infrastructure architects, to show how straight-forward  deploying these technologies can be.
The session will update participants on the proven business, management and technical benefits […]

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Launch

Agenda
09:30 - Registration
10:00 - CRM Market Update - Brad Wilson General Manager Dynamics CRM Worldwide
10:40 - Break
11:00 - What’s new in CRM 4.0 - Jason Nash & Reuben Krippner
12:00 - Showcase customer evidence
12:30 - The Power of Choice - Hosting with CRM 4.0
13:00 - Lunch and ISV Partner solution networking
14:00 - Close
Dates available:
31st January 2008: Reading
26th […]

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Partner Questions from the Small Business Forum

Note: I’m updating this page regularly as I get new information so keep an eye on it… 
Thanks to everyone who attended the Small Business Forum last Thursday, we had a great turnout and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. I’m still wading through all the emails that I’ve received so far - I can assure […]

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Managing my excitement

Hello,
Just a personal post to say that I am getting excited. With only a matter of days to go until our Small Business Forum on Thursday I’m hoping everyone remembers to turn up. Looking at the attendee list we have 170 delegates attending and I’ve asked lots of people from Microsoft, Symantec, and HP, nicely […]

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Westcoast Small Business Forum

Not long to go until the Small Business Partner Community gets to see what Westcoast are up to with regards to supporting this market. Hopefully you’ll see us being perfect swans (calm and graceful on top but paddling like billio underneath) as we present six workshops based around customer and Partner feedback.
I’ve enjoyed pulling it […]

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HP MediaSmart Server: FIRST LOOK Webcasts

For those who have already trialled the software or are interested in finding out more about HP’s version of Microsoft Home Server, you can check out some live online demonstrations to help understand it better.
Dates, times, and experts:

Thursday November 8th 4pm-5pm (PT) Rick Doherty
Friday November 9th 1pm-2pm (PT) Rob Enderle
Tuesday November 27th 10am-11am (PT) Paul […]

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Licensing explained…

Looking through the delegate sign-up list for the Small Business Forum there are lots of questions around licensing, particularly volume licensing. Thanks to those who have submitted questions, I’m collating them and getting answers ready for the event. I could probably put a whole day together just to focus on this subject alone but there […]

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Microsoft Ireland SBSC Community

Sitting in Microsoft Ireland’s ISV and SBSC Community day having a really good chat with some fantastic Partners. The presentations so far have been really interesting and it’ll be my job to tie it all together at the end of the day.
What’s interesting for me is that this event has been split into two days […]

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